Contact: Hilbert College - Matt Heidt (mheidt@hilbert.edu or 716.926.8792)
Horizon Health Services – Christina Pearl (cpearl@horizon-health.org or 716.445.3888)
HAMBURG, N.Y. – Hilbert College, in collaboration with Horizon Health Services, will host a professional development session for school counselors. The session is focused on today’s mental health challenges with high school age students. The event will be held at Hilbert’s William E. Swan Auditorium on Friday, October 22 at 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
We recognize that mental health and substance use disorders have been significantly increasing among our students, and these have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will consist of a keynote address by Anne Constantino, president and CEO of Horizon Health Services, as well as a panel discussion on emerging trends in the field related to this population. Events like this are designed to increase knowledge and awareness of potential mental health and substance use disorders among students and help our school professionals and administrators to help identify when and how to seek help, and as necessary, assist them in doing so.
A detailed agenda for the professional development program is below.
Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 800 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. The college’s engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship, and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities. The Hilbert Blueprint promotes a well-rounded student experience over four years – starting with the Foundations Seminar in the freshman year, followed by Sophomore Service, Junior Symposium, and culminating with the Senior Capstone. Hilbert has expanded its academic offerings with the college’s first graduate programs in criminal justice administration and public administration, including a track in health administration.